Gabriel Faure has always used his music to embellish existing poems, so here we have chosen to replace the texts with the voice of the cello, which is said to be so close to the human voice. – I Giardini

I Giardini commemorates the 100th anniversary of Gabriel Fauré with their debut release on PENTATONE, an EP of his atmospheric songs Après un rêve and Les berceaux in arrangements for cello and piano, performed by their artistic directors Pauline Buet and David Violi.

I Giardini is a collective of inspired and committed artists united around a common sensibility, an unusually strong unity of purpose, and a shared joy in onstage performance. They were nominee for the 2021 Victoires de la musique Classique Award. Giving priority to the musical excellence, the Group’s two co-founders and artistic directors, cellist Pauline Buet and pianist David Violi have made a space for freedom and for the exploration of a unique romantic world, inspired by the past, from Fauré and Bonis to Chausson, Poulenc and Schumann, but also rooted in the present through their collaboration with leading international women composers, such as the American Caroline Shaw and Anglo-French Josephine Stephenson.

Pauline Buet – cello 
David Violi- piano